Whoever emerges from the upcoming Liberal leadership race will face a formidable Conservative challenger with a populist message and deep connections to Alberta. And this battle for the nation’s top political post has a distinctly Western Canadian flavour,

After months of speculation about his future, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday with a promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if he's elected.

Former central banker Mark Carney has strongly suggested he will run to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’.

Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.

Former central banker Mark Carney kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau as the head of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister, saying he has the experience to manage a crisis and to deal with Donald Trump’s protectionism.

His chief competitor to be Liberal leader seems to be Chrystia Freeland, 56, an Alberta-born Rhodes scholar, former journalist and one-time finance minister who is yoked to Trudeau’s legacy in the eyes of the oilpatch, including policies deeply unpopular with the sector, such as Bill C-69 and the oil and gas emissions cap.

Former central banker Mark Carney all but said he is running to ... He also said opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre leader is “a lifelong politician” who “worships the market ...